Tech+Plan+I

=Phase 1: Why Use Technology - What are the advantages and/or benefits of using technology?=

Teachers need system-wide support to implement technology. This means that the school district, local community, and the state are in unison with teachers, having a commitment to using technology to support teaching and learning. As Kwajewski says, educational leaders must view technology as a “core value”. There is usually a statewide or district-wide plan created as a cooperative effort of teachers, administrators, and community-based partners. The ideal, for using technology in the classroom asks the questions:
 * 1) What are our current unmet needs and can technology address them?
 * 2) What are we instructing now, that we can teach better with technology?
 * 3) What can we teach with technology that we could not teach before that should be taught?

Many educators did not realize they needed faster communications until the fax machine, email, and cellular phones became available.

Technology should become a vital approach, making education more exciting, efficient, and successful. The Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology, has expressed astonishing findings concerning educational technology.
 * //R//**//elative advantage// is a teacher's belief or perception shaped by their experience, and information that they have received. As the teacher analyzes the results from research performed, then he or she becomes fully convinced that the technology based approach has __relative advantage__.